Doing Digital History

A Beginner’s Guide to Working with Text as Data

Jonathan Blaney, Jane Winters, Sarah Milligan , Martin Steer

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Manchester University Press
01 June 2021

Series: IHR Research Guides

A practical guide to digital history, which shows just how much can be done without writing any code. This book will give researchers in history or related fields the skills and confidence to approach existing digital resources and to create their own. Assuming no prior knowledge, the guide focuses on hands-on techniques for working with text.

This book is a practical introduction to digital history. It offers advice on the scoping of a project, evaluation of existing digital history resources, a detailed introduction to how to work with large text resources, how to manage digital data and how to approach data visualisation. Doing digital history covers the entire life-cycle of a digital project, from conception to digital outputs. It assumes no prior knowledge of digital techniques and shows you how much you can do without writing any code. It will give you the skills to use common formats such as XML. A key message of the book is that data preparation is a central part of most digital history projects, but that work becomes much easier and faster with a few essential tools.

By: Jonathan Blaney, Jane Winters, Sarah Milligan, Martin Steer
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 10mm
ISBN: 9781526132680
ISBN 10: 1526132680
Series: IHR Research Guides
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 01 June 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jonathan Blaney was Head of Digital Projects at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London until 2021 Sarah Milligan is an independent scholar based in Victoria, Canada Marty Steer is Technical Lead, Digital Humanities at the School of Advanced Study, University of London Jane Winters is Professor of Digital Humanities at the School of Advanced Study, University of London -- .